Entry Level Platform Engineering Lead Jobs
New grad platform engineering lead jobs are open to recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where a strong portfolio or internship work can matter more than a long resume. Most openings mix on-site, remote, and hybrid settings across Banking & Financial Services, Investment & Asset Management, and Manufacturing, with employers like Trace3, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs hiring at this level now.
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Chamberlain Group (CG) is a global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio company. Powered by our myQ technology, we make access simple and secure for millions of homeowners, businesses, and communities worldwide. Our flagship brands, LiftMaster® and Chamberlain® , are found in 51+ million homes, and 14 million+ people rely on the myQ® app daily.
This position is within Chamberlain’s Engineering group and is a key leadership role responsible for shaping and building the next generation of our core Video Platform to support expected growth. Our Video Platform is a large scale, high availability system that provides video streaming, storage and computer vision for IP cameras and other IoT devices with embedded cameras. This position is responsible for applying advanced software engineering knowledge and best practices to take our Video Platform to the next level, by leading the team to design and build a planet-scale platform.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the team to design and build our next generation video platform
- Identify and evaluate technologies and architecture designs that support a planet-scale platform
- Collaborate with other architects and engineers to produce thoughtful software designs of large scope and high complexity
- Collaborate with other Chamberlain domain experts, such as AI/ML, user experience, infrastructure, database, firmware, and front end developers to understand and analyze requirements for features and platform enhancements
- Specify and implement APIs, architectural guidelines and standards for cloud software development
- Set coding standards and other best practices to create reusable code
- Provide oversight of the design review processes and implement process improvements to maintain high quality software applications
- Assess functional team skills and process maturity, outline training plans, and develop a technology roadmap to drive continuous improvement within the application teams
- Participate in technical assessment, scoping and management of changes to the codebase on new business requirements, product enhancements and other change requests across multiple scrum teams
- Lead technical discussions in community of practice, design review, or other technical meeting forums
- Provide mentoring and coaching to junior and senior engineers to increase software capability of the development teams
- Report functional team strategy and roadmap to manager and director level stakeholders to align with company strategy
- Stay current on modern technologies and innovations which can further enhance and improve the commercial success of the myQ connectivity and video solutions
- Responsible for complying with the security requirements set forth by the Information Security team and the established ISO 27001 Security Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities Document found in the ISMS Document Library
- Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
- Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
- Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- An advanced degree in directly applicable area of study may substitute for up to two (2) years of job related experience
- 10+ years of relevant job-related experience as defined in the Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- 8 years of experience with cloud architecture and platform design
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining a large-scale cloud platform
- Experience defining functional process improvements and implementing change
- Extensive experience in creating technical documentation and implementing standards of documentation for others to follow
- Experience researching technologies and setting long term technical vision for the platform
- Experience instituting best practices, principles, and standards for software development
- Experience establishing software development lifecycles
- Experience building highly scalable and reliable software solutions platforms
- Experience with Java technology stack, including Java SE, Java EE, JDBC, Hibernate
- Experience with WebRTC, H.264, HLS, ICE, video relay
- Experience with Eclipse, GIT
- Experience with SQL, No-SQL databases, queues, and messaging systems
- Experience with application performance monitoring tools
- Experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECR, Aurora, S3, KVS, SQS, Recognition, CodePipeline
- Experience interfacing with teams across the full stack, including firmware, middleware, and front-end
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Thorough understanding of software development and design principles
- Thorough understanding of large scale consumer facing video access technologies, subscription service and implementation
- Thorough understanding of cloud-based development
- Thorough understanding of SQL query optimization and Java code optimization
- Thorough understanding of multi-threading best practices, especially with regard to Java
- Ability to provide clear direction to multiple development teams across teams and geographies
- Strong leadership and communication qualities
- Ability to estimate work, support project plan creation, and report out progress to functional management at a platform level
- Understanding of the technologies and architectures used across the full stack, including firmware, middleware, and front-end
Other:
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time domestically and internationally
The pay range for this position is $159,490.00 - $267,742.00; base pay offered may vary depending on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. In addition to base pay, also offered is a comprehensive benefits package and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). This position is eligible for participation in a short-term incentive plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.Chamberlain Group wants all of its employees to succeed and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and you’ll be considered for this role regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry; marital, disabled or veteran status. We’re committed to fostering an environment where people of all lived experiences feel welcome.
Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence Recruiting@Chamberlain.com.
NOTE: Staffing agencies, headhunters, recruiters, and/or placement agencies, please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
Chamberlain Group (CG) is a global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio company. Powered by our myQ technology, we make access simple and secure for millions of homeowners, businesses, and communities worldwide. Our flagship brands, LiftMaster® and Chamberlain® , are found in 51+ million homes, and 14 million+ people rely on the myQ® app daily.
This position is within Chamberlain’s Engineering group and is a key leadership role responsible for shaping and building the next generation of our core Video Platform to support expected growth. Our Video Platform is a large scale, high availability system that provides video streaming, storage and computer vision for IP cameras and other IoT devices with embedded cameras. This position is responsible for applying advanced software engineering knowledge and best practices to take our Video Platform to the next level, by leading the team to design and build a planet-scale platform.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the team to design and build our next generation video platform
- Identify and evaluate technologies and architecture designs that support a planet-scale platform
- Collaborate with other architects and engineers to produce thoughtful software designs of large scope and high complexity
- Collaborate with other Chamberlain domain experts, such as AI/ML, user experience, infrastructure, database, firmware, and front end developers to understand and analyze requirements for features and platform enhancements
- Specify and implement APIs, architectural guidelines and standards for cloud software development
- Set coding standards and other best practices to create reusable code
- Provide oversight of the design review processes and implement process improvements to maintain high quality software applications
- Assess functional team skills and process maturity, outline training plans, and develop a technology roadmap to drive continuous improvement within the application teams
- Participate in technical assessment, scoping and management of changes to the codebase on new business requirements, product enhancements and other change requests across multiple scrum teams
- Lead technical discussions in community of practice, design review, or other technical meeting forums
- Provide mentoring and coaching to junior and senior engineers to increase software capability of the development teams
- Report functional team strategy and roadmap to manager and director level stakeholders to align with company strategy
- Stay current on modern technologies and innovations which can further enhance and improve the commercial success of the myQ connectivity and video solutions
- Responsible for complying with the security requirements set forth by the Information Security team and the established ISO 27001 Security Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities Document found in the ISMS Document Library
- Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
- Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
- Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- An advanced degree in directly applicable area of study may substitute for up to two (2) years of job related experience
- 10+ years of relevant job-related experience as defined in the Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- 8 years of experience with cloud architecture and platform design
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining a large-scale cloud platform
- Experience defining functional process improvements and implementing change
- Extensive experience in creating technical documentation and implementing standards of documentation for others to follow
- Experience researching technologies and setting long term technical vision for the platform
- Experience instituting best practices, principles, and standards for software development
- Experience establishing software development lifecycles
- Experience building highly scalable and reliable software solutions platforms
- Experience with Java technology stack, including Java SE, Java EE, JDBC, Hibernate
- Experience with WebRTC, H.264, HLS, ICE, video relay
- Experience with Eclipse, GIT
- Experience with SQL, No-SQL databases, queues, and messaging systems
- Experience with application performance monitoring tools
- Experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECR, Aurora, S3, KVS, SQS, Recognition, CodePipeline
- Experience interfacing with teams across the full stack, including firmware, middleware, and front-end
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Thorough understanding of software development and design principles
- Thorough understanding of large scale consumer facing video access technologies, subscription service and implementation
- Thorough understanding of cloud-based development
- Thorough understanding of SQL query optimization and Java code optimization
- Thorough understanding of multi-threading best practices, especially with regard to Java
- Ability to provide clear direction to multiple development teams across teams and geographies
- Strong leadership and communication qualities
- Ability to estimate work, support project plan creation, and report out progress to functional management at a platform level
- Understanding of the technologies and architectures used across the full stack, including firmware, middleware, and front-end
Other:
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time domestically and internationally
The pay range for this position is $159,490.00 - $267,742.00; base pay offered may vary depending on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. In addition to base pay, also offered is a comprehensive benefits package and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). This position is eligible for participation in a short-term incentive plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.Chamberlain Group wants all of its employees to succeed and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and you’ll be considered for this role regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry; marital, disabled or veteran status. We’re committed to fostering an environment where people of all lived experiences feel welcome.
Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence Recruiting@Chamberlain.com.
NOTE: Staffing agencies, headhunters, recruiters, and/or placement agencies, please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
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Entry Level Platform Engineering Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level platform engineering lead job?
Focus on building hands-on experience with infrastructure tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Employers hiring at this level look for candidates who can demonstrate practical work through internships, personal projects, or open-source contributions. Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar tools signals readiness, and a GitHub portfolio that shows real deployments can set you apart from other entry level applicants.
Which companies hire entry level platform engineering leads?
Companies hiring entry level platform engineering leads right now include Trace3, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Both large technology companies and growth-stage startups post at this level, often seeking candidates who can grow into broader infrastructure ownership with mentorship and on-the-job experience.
Are there remote entry level platform engineering lead jobs?
Yes, though on-site and hybrid roles are also common at this stage. About 33% of entry level platform engineering lead openings are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how much platform engineering work can be done distributed. Filtering by work setting on Migrate Mate lets you find openings that match your location preference.
Are these new grad platform engineering lead jobs?
Yes, many of these listings are new grad and junior roles that welcome recent graduates with little or no professional experience. A new grad posting typically signals that the employer values a degree in computer science or a related field, relevant internships, or a portfolio demonstrating infrastructure and DevOps skills over years of full-time work history.
Which industries hire the most entry level platform engineering leads?
Entry Level platform engineering lead roles concentrate in Banking & Financial Services, Investment & Asset Management, and Manufacturing, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. These sectors rely heavily on scalable, reliable infrastructure and tend to hire at the entry level to build out platform teams that can support rapid product growth.